Blaser S2 470NE Safari Double Rifle

[Shakka]

If I was still looking for a 470, I would seriously consider this right handed action and add a nice custom fitted buttstock for 2-3 grand…coming in well below average for a custom fitted 470.

And if you cut the price in half, consider it sold to me…but it’s worth the 10k for sure!

You will pay 2-3 grand for a really nice blank, let alone the work which would cost at LEAST 5 grand for the but stock alone, never mind making a foregrip

 

[rookhawk]

You will pay 2-3 grand for a really nice blank, let alone the work which would cost at LEAST 5 grand for the but stock alone, never mind making a foregrip

A good blank is $1800, a great one is $3000. You’ll pay $4000 in labor to make a stock. A gun is worth 20% less after restocking regardless of what gun. Lastly, Blasers are excellent quality guns, they may have bent the triggers, tang, and bottom metal lefty. If you’re moving metal around or building new, you could spend many thousands of dollars.

The cheapest path with the best outcome is to find a new old stock righty S2 stock, not impossible to accomplish.

 

[Niklas]

A good blank is $1800, a great one is $3000. You’ll pay $4000 in labor to make a stock. A gun is worth 20% less after restocking regardless of what gun. Lastly, Blasers are excellent quality guns, they may have bent the triggers, tang, and bottom metal lefty. If you’re moving metal around or building new, you could spend many thousands of dollars.

The cheapest path with the best outcome is to find a new old stock righty S2 stock, not impossible to accomplish.

My lefty had no lefty parts (trigger, tang, metal, backwards top lever etc)… the stock was straight… only lefty attributes where cheek rest on the wrong side and palm swell dito. Cheek rest has been removed and a slight adjustment to the grip/palm swell… “total cost” of going from left to right on my gun was like $30 bucks worth of sandpaper and oil and a nice bottle of wine to the guy I borrowed the checkering tool from

 

[Niklas]

A good blank is $1800, a great one is $3000. You’ll pay $4000 in labor to make a stock. A gun is worth 20% less after restocking regardless of what gun. Lastly, Blasers are excellent quality guns, they may have bent the triggers, tang, and bottom metal lefty. If you’re moving metal around or building new, you could spend many thousands of dollars.

The cheapest path with the best outcome is to find a new old stock righty S2 stock, not impossible to accomplish.

Regarding “new old stock”… Blaser wants 8 grand for a replacement stock for S2… not the cheapest way…

 

[rookhawk]

My lefty had no lefty parts (trigger, tang, metal, backwards top lever etc)… the stock was straight… only lefty attributes where cheek rest on the wrong side and palm swell dito. Cheek rest has been removed and a slight adjustment to the grip/palm swell… “total cost” of going from left to right on my gun was like $30 bucks worth of sandpaper and oil and a nice bottle of wine to the guy I borrowed the checkering tool from

This is great advice to get this nice gun sold. Also, there was a guy that was a Blaser liquidator on GB, I think he was Maddog guns or something like that. I’d figure out who that blaser parts guy is and contact him, he at one time had righty stocks and additional caliber barrels for the S2. Someone might strike gold.

 

[Ruraldoc]

So the only thing lefty is the cheek piece and palm swell?

Does the stock have cast for a left hander as well or is it neutral or straight?

 

[Tanks]

Damn, if I didn't have a .500NE with another on the way and a .450NE as well in the safe, I would have jumped on this. It is a hella deal for $9.5K including the optics and mount.